After I started listening to music on a regular basis, I started getting into movie and TV scores. I love the way they could move and affect the story. They can bring tension or peace, excitement or sorrow, and half the time we may not even realize the effect it is having on us. As […]
Skin lightened by the endless Winter days Snow and Rain are my consistent friends Using modern fire to illuminate our homes Suddenly transported to blue sky and blazing Sun The pressure on my surface has increased as I wade through the swampy air The edge of the Earth is covered with tiny particles They reflect […]
Moving has always been stressful for the humans All the boxes and bags All the rushing around early in the day All the restless nights I sit, silently waiting to be useful Carrying my human from place to place Suddenly filled with possessions We travel South The old highway cuts through farms of old And […]
I was cleaning out my paper files after a recent move (more on that coming soon), and found the original notebook of my young 18-year-old mind in college. This artifact of my poetry is just a piece of paper, but isn’t that amazing? This is a poem called Observations. It appears first in my poetry […]
https://www.relay.fm/penaddict It has been more than two years since I found this podcast in a moment of chaos. I needed something to listen to at night to calm the mind of all that was going on around me and inside my head. I found the professional podcast style with hosts that were passionate. In this […]
Official Navy records of captain’s logs in the United States go back as far as 1776 (which is pretty good since that is the year the country declared independence). This idea of recording events and interpretations was brought forward through history and into science fiction world of Star Trek. The series is famous for its […]
There were some interesting parallels between a work meeting and a church dinner I attended in the same week.
Background: When I was in elementary school, I read all the time. It was encouraged at school and at home. We had dedicated time to go to the school library and find a new book. In the early years, I was all about the non-fiction. The more science and math I could get my hands […]
I reach back to the pastIn search for answersFrom childhood to my later youthI wander, aimlessly, or so it seemsGuided by those nearbyAnd further stillClose family and far-flung cousinsInfluences, all the sameFriends through life or just a seasonClinging to each momentSecrets hidden, or perhaps revealedEarning trustA shielded world was my experienceNot complete, but protectedEnoughWrapped in […]
A burst of energy Created from Nothing Expands and contracts Into rocky worlds and gaseous moons Spinning around a sphere of plasma Unable to dodge the flares of liquid fire Protected by a blanket, formed at the core A planet, expansive, yet small in the eyes of the galaxy A dot of blue and green […]
The Deep Thinker 